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Obamacare Website is a Disaster, Hides True Costs

If you want to know how successful a government program is, there are three things you could consider: the theory behind the program, how the administration implements it, and what the program actually accomplishes in the real world.

Much has been written about the problems with the rationale behind Obamacare and it is impossible to know, right now, what the full effects of the law are going to be. Instead, I’m going to focus on how the Obama administration has rolled out their signature accomplishment. Spoiler alert, they’ve done a terrible job.

The way that most people have tried to sign up for Obamacare has been through the website, www.Healthcare.gov. This $94 million project has been a virtual disaster. Even the New York Times has had to acknowledge the site’s shortcomings. This begs the question: if the Obama administration can’t even keep something as basic as the website working properly, then how can we expect them to manage the entire health care system?

One of the major reasons for the delays, crashes, and other problems with the website stem from the fact that people trying to sign up must submit an enormous amount of personal information before they can even look at their insurance options. Imagine how bad the lines would be at McDonald’s if they asked for your name, address, social security number, etc. before they even let you in the door. Now imagine 15 million people trying to do this all at once and you’ve got a pretty good idea of why only about 51,000 people were able to enroll in the first week.

To top it all off, even when you do get through to see your premiums, the website only shows you the subsidized price. You don’t get to see how much of your tab Uncle Sam will pick up until after you’ve bought the insurance.

The fact that the White House is trying to obfuscate the real price of insurance premiums under Obamacare suggests that they don’t want the American people to find out how much the law will truly cost us. So much for “the most transparent administration in history.”

There seems to be a problem with the media reporting on the fact that the estimated cost of the website was 94 million and that the real cost exceeded 600 million and three years for a failure. This fact alone demonstrates the incompetence and disaster of government when they think they know whats best for people and we can't decide for ourselves. This is only the beginning (the first step of Obama care a failure) of what lies ahead in instituting Obama care. Obama will have his legacy as the president who took down U.S. with ill willed decisions and policies that led us into bankruptcy and failure. The greatest nation on earth loses the trust of the people and its allies as it falls into darkness because those elected did not honor their promises and fight for America.

Health insurance companies are signaling huge health insurance premium increases ahead of the 2016 open enrollment period. This is due to the droves of older and sicker consumers who signed up for coverage on the ObamaCare Exchanges, according to a report from The New York Times. Requests submitted by insurance are approved by state regulators, such as state insurance commissioners, but the proposed rates reflect a higher utilization of healthcare than expected.

The Supreme Court has taken an active role in redefining, rather than simply interpreting, our country’s laws. Two clear examples of this can be seen in the two ObamaCare opinions written by Chief Justice Roberts, NFIB v. Sebelius and King v. Burwell. Whether it is calling a penalty a tax, or saying an exchange established by Kathleen Sebelius was established by the states, the Supreme Court is playing an active role in changing legislation.

The newly handed-down Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act has garnered a great deal of debate. The 6-3 vote in favor of the administration does nothing to fix the unworkable flaws that remain and continue to largely define Obamacare. No matter the lens used to view the ACA, the prognosis is bad.

Some words apparently have no meaning, even when written in plain English, according to a majority of Supreme Court justices. Today the Court reached its long awaited decision in King v. Burwell. The Court ruled 6-3 for Burwell, holding that the federal subsidies can continue to flow to states that have not established an exchange.

The King v. Burwell lawsuit has generated a lot of interest, and for good reason. It’s an important case that has broad implications for the future of ObamaCare. But the issue at hand is a complex one, and this has led - both willfully and accidentally - to a lot of bad or misleading reporting. Let’s clear things up, shall we? Here are the top five misconceptions about King v. Burwell.

Before policymakers debate over whether or not government should intervene in private industry (the answer is no!), they should start asking themselves whether or not government is competent enough to even intervene correctly.

With the King v. Burwell decision expected to drop in only a couple of weeks, many in the media are whipping themselves into a frenzy over the consequences of vanishing subsidies. Depending on who you believe, between 6 and 7 million people could be affected if the Supreme Court rules that words mean what they mean, and Republicans have proposed several plans to bridge these people gently away from ObamaCare.

The time is near: later this month the Supreme Court will issue its ruling on King v. Burwell. The case centers around the question of what the phrase “established by the state” means, and how it affects eligibility for subsidies.

Many Americans are eagerly (and nervously) awaiting the King v. Burwell decision, which is expected to come at the end of the month. The court case will determine whether ObamaCare, which looks to be falling apart independently of legal intervention, is illegally providing subsidies to those enrolled in the exchange.